Giannotti v. Mercedes Benz U.S.A.

— In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (R. Doyle, J.), dated November 15, 2007, which granted the motion *611of the defendants Mercedes Benz U.S.A., LLC, DaimlerChrysler AG, Mercedes Benz of Greenwich, and Competition Imports, Inc., in effect, for summary judgment dismissing the demand for punitive damages insofar as asserted against them.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The respondents established, as a matter of law, that their conduct did not warrant the imposition of punitive damages (see…